- Date
- January 1, 1976
- Place
- San Fernando, CA · SAN FERNANDO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101BHConvair L-13
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 151956
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0050 76/1/1 SAN FERNANDO,CA CONVAIR L-13 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3000 TIME - 0845 N101BH PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FERNANDO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN FERNANDO,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LND ON 4TH ATTEMPT. GUSTING TO 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101BH
- Reported as
- Convair L-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Fernando
N101BHRegistration cancelled Jun 25, 2009 · Consolidated Vultee L-13Airframe modelConsolidated Vultee L-13Engine modelPratt & Whitney R-985 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.